Le Gua

Isère · Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole · INSEE 38187

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 47.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Gua (INSEE 38187) is in Isère (38), part of Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. Population 1,928 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38187-le-gua

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 9,842 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.78	10	7.81
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (O LEVAINS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (SARL CHRISTOPHE PONTE · BISTROT JARDIN · DA PIPPONE 1989). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES SAILLANTS). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRELENFREY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE BRUYANT). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAMILLE RASSER, MÉDECIN · AUDE REYNIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA CASCADE). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (LE GUA PRELENFREY AP · LE GUA LES SAILLANTS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE GUA). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ART DE PL'HAIR · LA PARENTHESE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	O LEVAINS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	SARL CHRISTOPHE PONTE · BISTROT JARDIN · DA PIPPONE 1989	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES SAILLANTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRELENFREY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE BRUYANT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	CAMILLE RASSER, MÉDECIN · AUDE REYNIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA CASCADE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	LE GUA PRELENFREY AP · LE GUA LES SAILLANTS AP	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE GUA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	L'ART DE PL'HAIR · LA PARENTHESE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,120 2023: 1,928 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,839 (2012) → 1,928 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,505 (1990) → 1,928 (2023): 28.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,031, of which 5.2 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 4.2 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Le Gua): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vif): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Gua): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Gua): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Gua): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

No climate figures: every nearby weather station sits more than 1,200 m above or below the village, so none of them describes its weather.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38187/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38187/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38187/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38187/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38187
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38545

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arveyres	33	467 km W	2,056	41.3	Partly served	no figures
Cérons	33	474 km W	2,126	42	Partly served	no figures
Schwindratzheim	67	441 km N	1,768	42.3	Partly served	no figures
Fesches-le-Châtel	25	295 km N	2,129	39.2	Few services	no figures
Langlade	30	175 km SW	2,329	48.9	Partly served	no figures
Crêts en Belledonne	38	50 km NE	3,470	35.5	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crêts en Belledonne	38	50 km NE	3,470	35.5	Few services	no figures
Langlade	30	175 km SW	2,329	48.9	Partly served	no figures
Fesches-le-Châtel	25	295 km N	2,129	39.2	Few services	no figures
Schwindratzheim	67	441 km N	1,768	42.3	Partly served	no figures
Arveyres	33	467 km W	2,056	41.3	Partly served	no figures
Cérons	33	474 km W	2,126	42	Partly served	no figures

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Elsewhere

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